The Lady Jewel Diviner: Book 1 in the Lady Diviner series

Diamonds, Death, and Devonshire tea... in a magical Regency England

Miss Elinor Avely's proper upbringing cannot prepare her for the tiny, spinster vampire who crashes into her sitting room and demands to be fed with a sheep.

Elinor already has enough troubles without having to catch ruminants. First, her secret gift for divining jewels has landed her in scandal, exiling her from London society. Second, a nobleman of dubious repute wants her to find a cache of smuggled jewels, hidden somewhere along the Devon coastline. Last - and worst - she is invited to cream tea at the local manor. And while the autocratic and magnificent Earl of Beresford might be there (and perhaps the jewels themselves too), Beresford is the last person Elinor wants to meet over cream tea.

When a dead body is discovered along the cliffs, of course, such delicate considerations become secondary. Fortunately, Elinor now has a small vampiric chaperone - even if said spinster has a habit of appearing stark naked - and together they are ready to risk the hard questions.

Where are the jewels hidden? Who killed the smuggler? And just when is the cream tea being served?

The Lady Jewel Diviner is the first book in a new historical mystery series, set in Regency England with generous servings of magic, manners, and romance.

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The Lady Jewel Diviner: Book 1 in the Lady Diviner series

Diamonds, Death, and Devonshire tea... in a magical Regency England

Miss Elinor Avely's proper upbringing cannot prepare her for the tiny, spinster vampire who crashes into her sitting room and demands to be fed with a sheep.

Elinor already has enough troubles without having to catch ruminants. First, her secret gift for divining jewels has landed her in scandal, exiling her from London society. Second, a nobleman of dubious repute wants her to find a cache of smuggled jewels, hidden somewhere along the Devon coastline. Last - and worst - she is invited to cream tea at the local manor. And while the autocratic and magnificent Earl of Beresford might be there (and perhaps the jewels themselves too), Beresford is the last person Elinor wants to meet over cream tea.

When a dead body is discovered along the cliffs, of course, such delicate considerations become secondary. Fortunately, Elinor now has a small vampiric chaperone - even if said spinster has a habit of appearing stark naked - and together they are ready to risk the hard questions.

Where are the jewels hidden? Who killed the smuggler? And just when is the cream tea being served?

The Lady Jewel Diviner is the first book in a new historical mystery series, set in Regency England with generous servings of magic, manners, and romance.

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The Lady Jewel Diviner: Book 1 in the Lady Diviner series

The Lady Jewel Diviner: Book 1 in the Lady Diviner series

by Rosalie Oaks
The Lady Jewel Diviner: Book 1 in the Lady Diviner series

The Lady Jewel Diviner: Book 1 in the Lady Diviner series

by Rosalie Oaks

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Diamonds, Death, and Devonshire tea... in a magical Regency England

Miss Elinor Avely's proper upbringing cannot prepare her for the tiny, spinster vampire who crashes into her sitting room and demands to be fed with a sheep.

Elinor already has enough troubles without having to catch ruminants. First, her secret gift for divining jewels has landed her in scandal, exiling her from London society. Second, a nobleman of dubious repute wants her to find a cache of smuggled jewels, hidden somewhere along the Devon coastline. Last - and worst - she is invited to cream tea at the local manor. And while the autocratic and magnificent Earl of Beresford might be there (and perhaps the jewels themselves too), Beresford is the last person Elinor wants to meet over cream tea.

When a dead body is discovered along the cliffs, of course, such delicate considerations become secondary. Fortunately, Elinor now has a small vampiric chaperone - even if said spinster has a habit of appearing stark naked - and together they are ready to risk the hard questions.

Where are the jewels hidden? Who killed the smuggler? And just when is the cream tea being served?

The Lady Jewel Diviner is the first book in a new historical mystery series, set in Regency England with generous servings of magic, manners, and romance.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780645027853
Publisher: Parkerville Press
Publication date: 01/17/2021
Series: Lady Diviner , #1
Pages: 266
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Rosalie Oaks writes magic, mystery, and comedy into Regency England, with side servings of jam, jewels, and the occasional naked shapeshifter.

As a child, Rosalie loved conducting home-made theatre productions with her three younger brothers. Now she directs her characters instead, but like her brothers, they don't always do what she says.

Rosalie wants to live in a world where scones are good for you, cream is slimming, and she can make the perfect jam. While writing, however, she contents herself with vast quantities of tea and chocolate. Fuelled by such divine sustenance, her debut series, the Lady Diviner mystery series, is out in January 2021.

Join Rosalie's newsletter to get writing updates, as well as the exclusive prequel novella, A Pendant for Trouble. Go to rosalieoaks.com.

Table of Contents

  1. In which a spinster vampire introduces herself to Elinor

2. In which a favour is granted 9

3. In which daylight proves insalubrious 17

4. In which a constitutional is educational 28

5. In which a jewel is found, attached 36

6. In which prayers are rudely interrupted 47

7. In which bats and brothers are perspicacious

8. In which an alliance is properly formed 67

9. In which gratitude is refused 77

10. In which Perry is affronted 88

11. In which cream tea is had 97

12. In which the earl is typically high-handed 105

13. In which a secret is found, perhaps 113

14. In which the earl charms the wrong girl 121

15. In which fish and fishermen are unsavoury 133

16. In which company is most inopportune 143

17. In which a cat comes under suspicion 154

18. In which a selkie proves useful 164

19. In which a lady's slumbers are disturbed 176

20. In which Elinor is despondent 184

21. In which the earl interferes 193

22. In which plans are disrupted 202

23. In which villainy is revealed 209

24. In which a chaperone plays her part 223

25. In which roles are reversed 232

26. In which obligations are released 242

Author's Note 253

Rosalie's Newsletter 255

Next in the series... 257

Also by Rosalie Oaks 259

About the Author 261

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